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presided (over)

verb

past tense of preside (over)

as in ruled

to exercise authority or power over from 1923 to 1948 Palestine was presided over by Great Britain under a mandate granted by the League of Nations

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to look after and make decisions about he presides over a vast communications empire

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Possessing a Midwestern accent, Calvin Klein dresses, Black American skin and hair care products, and a butter-pecan skin tone, Ericka quickly wins over the crew Paulina has ruled for years.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
In the Chevron case, the Supreme Court later ruled 8-0 in favor of the oil companies’ bid to move a lawsuit seeking damages for coastline damage caused by oil production in Louisiana from state court to federal court.

— Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 28 Sep. 2026

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SpaceX managed to salvage the last Starship from the Indian Ocean in July.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
To date, The Tower has managed more than 10,000 group sales leads and helped facilitate millions of dollars in theatrical group sales revenue across multiple film campaigns.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026

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The Smithsonian is independent of the executive branch, governed by a 17-member board led by the chief justice of the Supreme Court and with six members of Congress, three from each party, serving with nine private citizens and the vice president.

— Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2026
The cruise line also shared that the joint venture will be governed by a board led by Stewart and Liberty.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026

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According to the Victim Notification System, upon her release, Holmes will reside in Austin, Texas, and be supervised by the United States Probation Office there.

— Taylor Dunn, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
Unable to continue normal operations, Nodus entered a liquidation process supervised by Puerto Rico’s Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026

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On Wednesday, the Italian Senate approved the government plan to restart nuclear power, clearing legal hurdles for a nation that operated without active nuclear power plants for nearly four decades.

— , CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Special private tours for small groups are also available, starting at $318 and operated by the Natural History Association.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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The new estimates update older research to investigate cancer and infections that was conducted in 2018.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2026
Early interactions were conducted without rigid boundary definitions, which implicitly permitted her to adopt the primary identity.

— Terry Oroszi, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

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That's a stark contrast to Makary and other recent FDA nominees who have had to divest investments or cut other financial ties with companies regulated by the FDA.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
Unlike conventional sports books, which operate on the basis of licenses issued by states, Kalshi and Polymarket argue they are exclusively regulated at a federal level by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of regulated

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In commercial orchards apple maggots are commonly controlled with insecticides targeting adult flies.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026
Hurts scored on a quarterback sneak as time expired in the first half, but Chicago (2-1) controlled the final two periods.

— CBS News, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

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